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Subject:
Purpose, Policy, and Background of Experimental Plantings on
Enjebi and Their Relationship with Bikini Cleanup
The segment of the Enewetak people who owned property and traditionally
lived on the island of Enjebi have always expressed a deep desire to return
to their home island -- Enjebi.
In fact the first master plan envisioned
development of that island as a residential island.
The Report by the
AEC Task Group on Recommendations for Cleanup and Rehabilitation of
Enewetak Atoll, 19 June 1974,~"as approved by the Commissioners 19 August
1974 offered little hope of reestablishing a commmity on Enjebi in the
near term.
Recommendation No. 3 of the above report”discusses the problem
of radiation exposures on Enjebi and provides that studies be conducted.
using test plantings to determine when exposures would be within acceptable
criteria put no soil removed (emphasis added).
This approach was recommended
as the one which would have minimal adverse impact on the island environment.
Further recommendations included the extension of the study to Lujor, Kirunu,
Bokoluo and Bokombako.
At the September 1974 presentation of the DEIS and
the AEC Task Group Report to the people of Enewetak, the AEC representative,
Dr. Martin Biles, made the commitment to support those activities planned
and initiated by the AEC which is contained also in the AEC letter of
6 February 1975. He further indicated that a conscientious effort would
be made to predict when the island of Enjebi could be used. The rationale
for the sampling program is quoted from the AEC Task Group Report.
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